Six favourite books

We all have personal lists of our favourite people, moments, movies, places, foods. But people come and go, amazing moments are eclipsed by others and everyone tires, eventually, of Pad Thai. For me, the list that changes the least is that of my favourite books, and they're all novels.

My list is not in any particular order, and it's not particularly wordly, original or sophisticated, it's just the books that I've never stopped loving.

Literature has that ability of all art to move us, to open our minds to the world and shift our perspective and connect us to life a little more. All well-written novels can achieve this to varying degrees and with varying success (often depending on our receptiveness of the material). The six books on the list below, however, are indispensable, they never disappoint, they can be read and re-read, improving with each consecutive read.

These are the ones I recommend you read when you haven't read anything really good for a while, when you're uninspired or when you're relying on great art to elevate you from the day-to-day.

Also, please find pictured covers of the manky old editions I simply cannot throw away.

To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee

The Dharma Bums - Jack Kerouac

1984 - George Orwell

Franny and Zooey - JD Salinger

Crime and Punishment - Fyodor Dostoevsky

Brave New World - Aldous Huxley

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Comment by Ahmed

September 16th 2006 06:38

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sadly I haven't read any of those books you mention

I would have thought 'Gone With the Wind' warranted a mention though.

Comment by Damo

September 16th 2006 12:46

Dostoevsky rocks. Everything that there is to learn about suspense can be learned from Crime and Punnishment.The Idiot by Dostoevsky is equally brilliant.
However I would personally rate Animal Farm by George Orwell much higher than 1984.
Id' like to give an horourable mention to The Plague by Camus. Very vivid.
Just about anything the Bard wrote.
Illusions by Richard Bach.
Brave New World a definite yes but Ape and Essence is very close.
I am still trying to put aside a year to read War and Peace.

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